we have also worked very closely with our partners at the florida hospital association, florida healthcare association and leading age, florida senior living, and the florida assisted living associations. we've activated working with them, the patient movement mission. we know that facilities are currently bracing for impact as hurricane ian is anticipated to make landfall here shortly. following the storm, the agency for healthcare administration stands ready to immediately deploy our surveyors for on site visits to the impacted facilities. during these visits, we will ensure that each facility is maintaining an appropriate temperature for residents and that all other conditions in those facilities are safe for residents. if you are a patient or resident or family member of someone in one of our long term care facilities or other healthcare facility and have experienced any issues during the storm related to that facility or your stay there or the service, please know that you can lodge a complaint with the agency for healthcare administration on our website and that's aaca.myflorida.com

also worked with the hospital association, florida healthcare association and leading age, florida senior living and assisted living associations and activated working with them the patient movement mission. we know that facilities are currently bracing for impact as hurricane ian is anticipated to make landfall here shortly. following the storm, the agency for healthcare administration stands ready to immediately deploy our surveyors for on-site visits to the impacted facilities. during these visits, we will ensure that each facility is maintaining an appropriate temperature for residents and that all other conditions in the facilities are safe for residents. if you are a patient or resident or family member and experience issues during the storm related to that facility or your stay there or the service, please know that you can lodge a complaint with the agency for healthcare administration on our website, aaca.myflorida.com, using our online complaint portal. if you are a licensed healthcare provider and experience any issues during the storm, please of course notify your local emerge

by boat this is one of 45 nursing homes that had had to be evacuated according to the florida healthcare association and new coast gart video shows the devastated sanibel island, and residents there being airlifted to safety. it was that area that was hit hard and it is difficult to reach. the scale of ian's devastation is becoming more clear at least 12 deaths have been linked to the storm in the u.s. with three lives lost in cuba. and there are still 2.2 million power outages across florida nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the latest. good morning >> good morning. we're going to see the impacts today in the kcarolinas and rain extending to the northeast by tomorrow as well we're looking at the chance for life threatening storm surge, life threatening flash flooding and really gusty winds, winds up to 96 miles per hour in some spots. here is the latest on ian. category 1 storm, regained its strength yesterday, and we're looking at winds at 85 miles per hour about 175 miles from charleston, south carolina it is moving northeast at 10 miles per hour we do expect that speed to pick up a